Fwd: TeleLearning '98 Conference in Vancouver

>Hi Gary:>>I wonder if you might be interested in posting the following conference>announcement on the Video News listserv. I thought that perhaps some of>the librarians who subscribe might be interested in circulating information>about the TeleLearning '98 conference hosted by the TeleLearning Network of>Centres of Excellence (an organization linking over 130 researchers at 30>Canadian universities with over 110 public and private sector partners>across Canada. The TeleLearning NCE seeks to enhance the lifelong learning>experience by researching, developing, and demonstrating new collaborative>learning and knowledge building approaches implemented through>telelearning.)>>The announcement is below. Please let me know if it will be possible to>post it.>Thanks,>Jill Webber Hrabinsky>>TeleLearning '98>Join us for a dynamic showcase of the state-of-the-art in telelearning>research and practice at TeleLearning '98, to be held at the Hotel>Vancouver from November 14th to 17th.>>TeleLearning '98 will feature presentations from leading Canadian and>international researchers and industry representatives, demonstrations of>innovative educational technologies, and sessions exploring research>advances and applications of telelearning in K-12, post-secondary and the>workplace sectors. We have posted a dynamic conference program and online>registration form at the TeleLearning '98 web site:>http://www.telelearn.ca/conference Sessions are divided into three>parallel tracks: Track 1: Research Advances, Track 2: Telelearning at Work>and in Society, Track 3: Global Developments.>>TeleLearning'98 Session Highlights:>>Frank Jewett (California State University) will report on the results of a>US Department of Education study based on 10 US case studies involving the>use of new learning technologies in education. Tony Bates and Silvia>Bartolic-Zlomislic (TL-NCE/UBC) will report on the results of several case>studies analyzing the costs and benefits of telelearning in higher>education. ("Cases in Cost-Benefit Analysis")>>Linda Harasim (TL-NCE) will present some of the key findings generated by>the TL*NCE Theme 5 field trials of Virtual-U implementation in 15 sites>across Canada - the largest field trial of online education in the world.>Curtis Bonk will summarize more than a dozen research projects on computer>conferencing and distance learning undertaken at the School of Education at>Indiana University. Martin Siegal (Indiana University) will talk about what>comes after the web...the new>tools that will be required for the development of next generation,>computer-imaginative digital learning environments. ( "Post-secondary :>New Models of Learning, New Methods of Research")>>Terri Hedegaard-Bishop (Vice-President of the University of Phoenix Online)>and Rory McGreal (Director of TeleEducationNB) will focus on the business>case for telelearning--what works and why for adult students and what is so>compelling about telelearning that will make it become one of the dominant>education and training delivery vehicles ("What is the Business Case?")>>Scott Welsh (CEO of Softarc) and Gilles Seguin (Department of Foreign>Affairs and International Trade) will discuss the international markets>showing the greatest growth potential and provide advice on what it takes>to be successful in competing internationally. ("International>Opportunities in TeleLearning")>>Denis Newman (Director of IMS Market Development) will discuss the>activities of the EDUCAUSE IMS initiative. IMS is building the internet>architecture for learning and is promoting a set of interoperability>standards based on that architecture. The technical standards address>interoperability in labelling content, "packaging", management, learner>profiles and other aspects of enterprise integration. Roy Pea (SRI>International) will present the work of CILT, a national center funded by>the National Science Foundation to address the issue of improving education>by using new computing and communications technologies. CILT carries out>programs in enabling tools for electronic learning communities,>visualization and modeling, low-cost, ubiquitous computing, and technology>and assessment models. ("What's Up Down South")>>Featured Speaker, the Honorable Brown Mpinganjira, Minister of Education,>Malawi, will join Grant Thomas (Acacia Initiative, IDRC), and other>panelists Generosa Cossa (WorLd/Acacia Schoolnet Project, Mozambique) and>Susan D'Antoni (International Institute for Education Planning,>UNESCO-Paris) in discussing the challenges facing communities in the>developing world. The panel will work with the audience to understand how>realistic programs to implement telelearning can be developed. ("Using>Telelearning in Developing Countries")>>Michel Duguay (TL-NCE/Université Laval), Gary Boyd (TL-NCE/Concordia>University), and Jacqueline Bourdeau (TL-NCE/UQAC) will report on their>experiences with virtual labs and simulations and how learning scenarios>can be designed to maximize the benefits of virtual labs and simulations.>("The Design of Virtual Labs & Simulations")>>>Jill Webber Hrabinsky, Communications Manager>TeleLearning Network of Centres of Excellence>Room 9701, ASB, 8888 University Drive>Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6>>TEL: (604) 291-5399>FAX: (604) 291-3439>E-mail: jill@telelearn.ca>WEB: http://www.telelearn.ca>>>>BUILDING GLOBAL TELELEARNING COMMUNITIES>November 14-17/98, Hotel Vancouver>>Join us at TeleLearning '98 in Vancouver for a dynamic showcase of the>state-of-the-art in telelearning.>Our complete conference program is available at:>http://www.telelearn.ca/conference>